29.05.2008, 03:19
My request should be relatively easy to carry out. What I would like to see is a TRUE I-16 Type24 as well as a Type29!
This would require a minimum of work as far as I see it. Simply rename our existing Type24 to Type28, then make a real Type24 based on the existing one but using the armament of the Type18. Then to top it of the Type29 with 2 nose mounted ShKAS and a single UBS in the bottom part of the engine! 8)
Quote:I-16 Type 24
Four ShKAS, landing flaps replaced drooping ailerons, tailwheel added, second cockpit door added on the starboard side, Shvetsov M-63 engine, 670 kW (900 hp), 934 built.
I-16 Type 28
Type 24 with two ShKAS and two ShVAK.
I-16 Type 29
Two synchronized ShKAS in the nose and a single 12.7 mm (0.50 cal) UBS in the bottom of the fuselage, no wing guns, shorter main landing gear with wider track, M-63 engine, 650 built.
This would require a minimum of work as far as I see it. Simply rename our existing Type24 to Type28, then make a real Type24 based on the existing one but using the armament of the Type18. Then to top it of the Type29 with 2 nose mounted ShKAS and a single UBS in the bottom part of the engine! 8)